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Elizabeth Wright and Celina Edmonds
ABC
Friday 10th March, 2023
People with disabilities in the criminal justice system feel like they exist in a "black hole" after an international torture prevention body cancelled a visit to Australia. "We're locking
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
This first Inquiry focused on the experiences of NDIS participants living in supported accommodation. The Inquiry examined reportable incidents and complaints that have been made to the NDIS Commission in
DANA
Wednesday 21st December, 2022
The submission is  informed by the collective knowledge and experience of  independent disability advocacy member organisations.  It explores the context, key barriers and challenges for the disability advocacy sector and outlines
Stephanie Dalzell
ABC
Monday 16th January, 2023
There have been more than 7,000 serious incidents — including sexual misconduct, serious injury, abuse and neglect — in disability group homes over the past four years, according to a
Danielle Kutchel
PBA
Monday 16th January, 2023

A bleak new report has revealed the scale of issues in Australia’s supported accommodation system. The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s inaugural ‘Own Motion Inquiry’ into Aspects of Supported Accommodation…

University of Sydney, the University of Melbourne and the University of Technology Sydney.
Disability Royal Commission
Tuesday 15th November, 2022
The report found that a lot of violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation experienced by people with disability is related to being segregated or institutionalised, discrimination and negative attitudes. It
SBS News
Thursday 27th October, 2022
A disabled Bangladeshi refugee has told the Disability Royal Commission he often went hungry during his detention on Nauru because he was unable to stand in the food line for
Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety
Wednesday 28th September, 2022
This report highlights implications for improving policy and practice across intersecting disability, child and violence domains. It begins to address one of the evidence gaps identified in the 2020 interim
Jenny Noyes
SMH
Monday 19th September, 2022
The report confirmed that understanding: compared with the total population of NSW, people with disability were more than twice as likely to be victims of reported violence and domestic violence
Victoria Office of the Public Advocate
Friday 19th August, 2022

This report draws on de-identified stories that starkly illustrate the impact of the system failures on adults who are at-risk. It identifies gaps and failures in the current framework and…

WWILD Sexual Violence Prevention Association Inc.
Tuesday 16th August, 2022
This podcast series discusses intellectual disability, accessibility and violence and was created in collaboration with women with intellectual disability. Experts are interviewed about how they work with women with
Paul Johnson
ABC News
Thursday 4th August, 2022
Writer and disability advocate Hannah Diviney has turned a discussion about Beyoncé using an ableist lyric on her album Renaissance into a call for those with lived disability experience to